NIGP 12028: Communications Equipment, Marine

NIGP 12028 Communications Equipment, Marine is an Item code encompassing marine communications service monitoring, testing, and diagnostic equipment used by law enforcement, conservation, and waterway-management agencies. State and local governments procure radio service monitors, test and alignment packages, cable and antenna analysis tools, RF sensors, spare parts, and related support equipment to maintain 800 MHz coordinated communications systems, marine patrol communications infrastructure, and maritime operational electronics. Recent solicitations show county sheriff departments, state conservation and natural resources agencies, and county water/waterway authorities as primary buyers, with repeat purchasing from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and county marine-patrol and detention-security operations.

The County of Orange Sheriff-Coroner Department issued an IFB in April 2026 for communications service monitors and related test equipment packages (model JDSCX300 units, cable and antenna analysis tools, auto-test and alignment packages for Kenwood, Motorola, and Tait radio systems, frequency extensions, P25 modules, and accessories) to support the 800 MHz Countywide Coordinated Communications System, with award on a firm fixed-price, as-needed basis and Local Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise preferences available at five to eight percent. Florida, California, Georgia, and Maryland account for the bulk of recent activity, with Sarasota and Chatham counties, the State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police, and Galveston County among active buyers. Sourcewell, the Minnesota cooperative purchasing vehicle, issued an RFP in May 2026 for law enforcement equipment (including communications equipment) available to thousands of governmental jurisdictions nationwide, with response due June 16, 2026—indicating that cooperative purchasing frameworks continue to aggregate demand for this commodity across multiple jurisdictions.